Table 2 General characteristics of the study population with respect to access to ANC
Access | No | Yes | Individuals | P-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Region | Adamawa | 305 (77.4) | 89 (22.6) | 396 | < 0.0001 |
Centre (without Yaounde) | 294 (59.5) | 200 (40.5) | 494 | ||
Douala | 97 (34.2) | 187 (65.8) | 287 | ||
East | 300 (68.6) | 137 (31.4) | 438 | ||
Far-North | 535 (77.5) | 155 (22.5) | 690 | ||
Littoral (without Douala) | 146 (53.9) | 125 (46.1) | 272 | ||
North | 519 (85.1) | 91 (14.9) | 610 | ||
North-West | 151 (63.2) | 88 (36.8) | 241 | ||
South | 240 (60.3) | 158 (39.7) | 400 | ||
South-West | 52 (59.8) | 35 (40.2) | 88 | ||
West | 247 (54.3) | 208 (45.7) | 455 | ||
Yaounde | 107 (33.8) | 210 (66.2) | 329 | ||
Place of residence | Rural | 1901 (74.1) | 666 (25.9) | 2572 | < 0.0001 |
Urban | 1092 (51.8) | 1017 (48.2) | 2128 | ||
Household wealth | Poorest | 773 (85.0) | 136 (15.0) | 911 | < 0.0001 |
Poorer | 777 (73.6) | 278 (26.4) | 1056 | ||
Middle | 731 (68.4) | 338 (31.6) | 1071 | ||
Richer | 460 (51.2) | 438 (48.8) | 909 | ||
Richest | 252 (33.8) | 493 (66.2) | 753 | ||
Partner’s education | No education | 776 (86.6) | 120 (13.4) | 899 | < 0.0001 |
Primary | 1057 (70.7) | 437 (29.3) | 1497 | ||
Secondary | 942 (53.8) | 809 (46.2) | 1763 | ||
Higher | 128 (32.8) | 262 (67.2) | 392 | ||
Woman’s education | No education | 986 (85.7) | 165 (14.3) | 1152 | < 0.0001 |
Primary | 1062 (68.7) | 483 (31.3) | 1552 | ||
Secondary | 878 (50.6) | 856 (49.4) | 1746 | ||
Higher | 67 (27.2) | 179 (72.8) | 250 | ||
Religion | Animist | 62 (77.5) | 18 (22.5) | 80 | < 0.0001 |
Christian | 1844 (58.0) | 1334 (42.0) | 3201 | ||
Muslim | 1027 (77.3) | 302 (22.7) | 1330 | ||
Other | 60 (67.4) | 29 (32.6) | 89 | ||
Household head gender | Female | 371 (58.4) | 264 (41.6) | 635 | 0.0018 |
Male | 2622 (64.9) | 1419 (35.1) | 4065 | ||
Woman’s age | 15–19 | 292 (73.7) | 104 (26.3) | 398 | 0.0007 |
20–24 | 628 (65.1) | 337 (34.9) | 971 | ||
25–29 | 807 (62.9) | 476 (37.1) | 1292 | ||
30–34 | 640 (61.5) | 400 (38.5) | 1042 | ||
35–39 | 417 (61.7) | 259 (38.5) | 679 | ||
40–44 | 170 (64.9) | 92 (35.1) | 264 | ||
45–49 | 39 (72.2) | 15 (27.8) | 54 | ||
Parity | 1 | 460 (59.7) | 310 (40.3) | 779 | < 0.0001 |
[2–3] | 1021 (59.6) | 693 (40.4) | 1722 | ||
[4–5] | 774 (65.2) | 413 (34.8) | 1192 | ||
6 + | 738 (73.4) | 267 (26.6) | 1007 | ||
Partner’s age | 15–24 | 152 (70.7) | 63 (24.3) | 215 | < 0.0001 |
25–34 | 1040 (61.9) | 639 (38.1) | 1679 | ||
35–44 | 1131 (62.8) | 671 (37.2) | 1802 | ||
45–54 | 515 (32.7) | 1061 (67.3) | 1576 | ||
55–64 | 155 (76.0) | 49 (24.0) | 204 | ||
Distance to health facility | Not a big problem | 1502 (57.1) | 1127 (42.9) | 2648 | < 0.0001 |
Big problem | 1491 (72.8) | 556 (27.2) | 2052 |